Neckwear



S. ENGLER May 25 1948.

max WEAR Filed De c.

15, 1945 -2 Sheets-Sheet l y 1948- s. ENGLER 2,442,235

NECK WEAR Filed Dec. 13, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 25, 1948 umrreo ewes nncxwmn .z wn y -E gler, Chicago, Ill.,-assig-nor of one half to Lawrence En'gler; Chicago, 111.

'Apiilication' Decen'lber 13, 1945-, SrittlNoFGMt'lllfl 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates generally to neck wear, and more particularly to bow ties adapted readily and satisfactorily to be hand tied by the wearer thereof.

he object and accomplishment of the invention is to provide a tie which a wearer having no dexterity in the tying of neck wear bow knots may extend around his neck and then easily and quickly so manipulate and conform that its ends are interengaged and present a neat and pleasing appearance simulating that of a well tied neck wear bow knot.

A tie embodying the present invention comprises a neck band strand, desirably but not necessarily capable of adjustment as to length, having its end portions turned back upon and secured to the strand proper to provide elongated loops which are relatively short as compared with the overall length of the tie and which present a bow-like appearance when drawn each through the other, the manipulation of the strand into a simple knot before interengaging the loops being optional with the wearer.

In the accompanying two sheets of drawings:

Fig. i is a perspective view of my new tie as it appears when not in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the tie in the first step of the tying operation;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view depicting the tie loops as they appear in the second step of the tying operation;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view depicting the loops as they appear while being drawn each through the other in the third step of the tying operation;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view depicting the loops as they appear when almost completely drawn each through the other in the fourth step of the tying operation; and

Fig. 6 is a front view of the tie as it appears when properly applied by the wearer thereof, i. e., after the interengaged loops have been more or less completely drawn through each other and adjusted to the satisfaction of the wearer.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral II indicates the neck band strand.

The neck band strand carries terminal tying members 12 and I3 conformed to constitute loops I4 and !5. The loops are provided by turning the ends of the tying membersback upon and suitably securing same to the inner surface of the neck band strand II as by stitching I6. The outer ends of the loops I4 and I5 desirably are of greater width than the neck band strand II and suitably gradually taper toward such strand.

The neck band strand II desirably but not necessarily is provided with length adjusting means. Such length adjusting means suitably 'is interposed between the portions I1 and I8 of the neck band strand and may comprise the conventional metal eye I9 and the conventional adjustable clamp or buckle 2I presenting two slots divided by an integral web 22. At 20 and 23 is indicated stitching utilized in the attachment of the portions I1 and I8 of the neck band strand to the eye I9 and the adjustable clamp or buckle 2| respectively.

The first step in the tying operation is illustrated in Fig. 2. The neck band strand II is extended around the wearers collar and desirably is tied into a simple knot 24. Desirably the simple knot 24 should be effected in the regions of the stitching I6I6.

The second step in the tying operation is illustrated in Fig. 3. It may be assumed that the hands shown are the hands of the wearer. Therefore, the hand 25 will be the right hand and the hand 26 will be the left hand of the wearer. The first finger and thumbof the right hand are projected through the loop I4 to grasp the upper portion of the loop I5. The first finger and thumb of the lefthand 26 are projected through the loop I5 similarly to grasp the lower portion of the loop I4.

The third step in the tying operation is illustrated in Fig. 4. It involves withdrawing the first finger and thumb of the left hand 26 from the loop I5 to pull the lower portion of the loop I4 through the loop I5, and atthe same time withdrawing the finger and thumb of the right hand 25 from the loop I4 to pull the upper portion of the loop I5 through the loop I4.

'The fourth and final step in the tying operation is illustrated in Fig. 5. It consists in completely withdrawing the fingers and thumbs of the hands from the loops through which they were initially projected and drawing the loops to approximately the relative positions depicted in Fig. 6. When this has been accomplished, the adjacent ends of the loops I4 and I5 underlie and project from a portion 21, of one of the interengaged loops, which simulates an appearance of the characteristic central portion of a conventional neck wear bow knot.

While I prefer that the simple knot 24 be tied before the loops I4 and I5 are interengaged and drawn each through the other as hereinbefore 3 explained, some wearers will prefer to dispense with the tying of such simple knot.

Having thus illustrated and described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

Neckwear, adapted to simulate a bow tie when strand-connected end loops are drawn simultaneously through each other pursuant to the strand being extended around a wearers neck to place the near or inner ends of the loops into mutual contig-uity, comprising: a neck-band strand provided at its ends with closed loops of flexible material and of substantially equal lengths which are linear extensions of the neckband strand, each of said loops being longer than half the horizontal length of the bow simula- 1 tion constituted by said loops when they have been drawn each through the other as aforesaid,

4 but said loops being short enough that the near or inner ends thereof lie in mutual contiguity when the neck-band strand has been caused to encircle the wearers neck.

SIDNEY ENGLER. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 771,163 Leggett Sept. 27, 1904 1,326,292 Schottelkorb Dec. 30, 1919 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 524,031 France Aug. 29, 1921 221,683 Great Britain Sept. 18, 1924 

